When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
I sat down and watched this movie because... while I didn't like movies such as Sharknado, they entertain me enough to just laugh at the idiocy of it all. Frankenfish was meant to be serious... Frankenfish, that was meant to be taken seriously.The plot of course is your standard "something in the swamp, people have to kill it." type thing while also hunters are going around trying to hunt whatever is in the water. Okay this does make way for a decent set-up and it does try and build suspense but there is just one problem, They called their movie Frankenfish. This means we expect either a zombie fish on a rampage or a fish genetically altered on a rampage. So all this build-up is for nothing other than time filler.The only thing I kind of liked in this movie is the odd funny attack/death scenes. Think something can top that guy chainsawing the shark in half in Sharknado? Well you should wait and see the way the final Frankenfish dies.Although with this said there isn't anything else that holds the film together. The effects are bad, the acting is amateur and the rest of it is a chore to sit through. So if you want to see a movie with a title as stupid as Frankenfish for a laugh then this probably isn't for you but if you just have 80 minutes to pass over with this as your only DVD option, then this could be worth a look.
After the badly mutilated body of a local fisherman is found, the county medical examiner (Tory Kittles) and biologist (China Chow) must investigate. Initially thought to be either a rogue alligator or bull shark, it soon emerges that something even more ravenous is feeding on the local inhabitants of the bayou community, leaving a trail of assorted body parts and carnage in its wake.Fast-paced with realistic set design and a high, graphic attrition rate, "Frankenfish" is somewhat better than the unfortunate choice of title might mislead. Perhaps most disappointing, considering the potential, is the premise on which the protagonists are based – which we learn after more than an hour. With all the mystery developed to that point, the explanation is weak and unconvincing, and introduces a number of one-dimensional characters who contribute little to maintaining the picture's standard.Ultimately, what promised much, briskly capitulates to a disappointing conclusion in which the bad guys force the beleaguered survivors to help hunt down the rabid fish, with predictable results for all concerned. Regrettably, the cast features so little recognisable talent, as a few of the supporting roles would've benefited from the experience of a seasoned character actor. Perhaps a better script, character development and a hand brake might have transported this promising little shocker into a more memorable addition to the 'creature feature' stables. In any event, still entertaining in spite of the limitations and briefly spiced-up by Noelle Evans and Richard Edson's characters in humorous, if ill-fated supporting roles.
Frankenfish is probably one of syfy's worst movies to date.There is absolutely no plot what so ever, except for the "mutant fish killing people" if that can be considered a plot. A man is found horribly mutilated, investigators are sent in, and are killed off one by one. Most within a 20 min time period. The filming is mostly in the dark and makes it hard to see everything, especially the few shots of the fish in the water, it looks mostly like a blob. Also, most of the main characters are killed randomly and very quickly in one or two scenes. The characters are very poorly developed as well. The fish themselves are never filmed for more than 5 seconds, due to the horrible special effects. Just another Syfy creature feature (I created a profile JUST to review this movie, if that tells you anything)
I know that sounds like a weird title, but trust me. it's not. It's about these weird CGI fish that eat people and.... that's really about it. There's really no other plot to speak of, the main character has the personality of an old tissue, while the female lead has the personality of a brick. Basically every character in this movie must be covered in chocolate, or wore a big "please eat me" sign that i must have missed. This movie is an hour and a half long and me and my friend talked for a good 45 minutes of it, and we didn't miss a thing. However, i guess i should give you a rundown.Black guy is a police medic. he goes to investigate the murder of this fisherman guy who got eaten by a fish. why there's any of his remains left, i have no idea. And of course, mr. lead goes off by himself with a biologist. Because yes. whenever "I" have a homocide case on my hands, i send out the medic. and ONLY the medic. pfff. who needs an actual cop there. Besides, the medic has a gun! because ALL medics have guns! and he has no police uniform or badge why? i guess they couldn't afford one. By the way, in case you're wondering, he never uses his medic skills to heal anyone in this movie. so why he's a medic, once again, i have no idea what the point of that was. it would have made more sense to make him a random cop. anyway, they go to investigate. there's a crazy voodoo lady, some white trash drug doers (surprise surprise) a gun happy Mexican (don't even have to make a joke there) and possibly the funniest guy in the movie, the complaining white drinker. haha....he was great. so they talk for a while....then they talk for a while....and talk some more....then we cut to an old guy getting a blow job from a random hooker as the old guy's talking to an Asian guy.... then we cut back to more talking. Now, i know what some of you are thinking, "doesn't this part have to do with a lot of character development or story?" no. no it doesn't. we missed this whole half hour talking to each other and when we looked back, we didn't miss any of the story.And this is when the people start getting systematically killed off. old guy is pulled under water, drug guy loses head, woman gets snatched outta boat, old lady gets bit in half, the usual. eventually the boat houses start to sink (oh yeah, i forgot to mention. they're all in boat houses on a bayou. fun) and then after the Mexican kills one of the fish and starts to eat it's rare cooked heart (yummy) he gets eaten by another fish. oh boy! there's more than one! and then his house catches fire and then the house shoots the biologist. yes. you read that right. the HOUSE SHOOTS THE BIOLOGIST. now those of you who saw this are saying "it was the heat from the fire that shot of the-" yeah. i know. but it's a lot more fun to say the house shot her. because it did. which was pretty amusing because you assume she would get eaten because she kept defending the fish and then she gets owned by something OTHER than the fish, it's kinda like ironic poetic justice. and the random BJ old guy comes along as several of his men (including the Asian) gets owned pretty damn quickly. The old guy kills one, and then a third owns him and we're left with the two black leads and the drinky white guy. and mr. i have no personality lead kills the mutant fish and the two leads proceed to make out for no real reason. once again. fun. But wait! what about mr drinky guy? does my favorite character get to live for once? this never happens! holy- oh. no. of course not. he gets bitten by little fish as we cut to the credits. (unenthused)yay. The main problem with this movie is, it's BORING. half of it is unnecessary explanation, and the old white guy tells you in 30 seconds what you need to know. genetic experiments. bam. you're done. so what's the other 45 minutes for? i have no idea because i wasn't paying attention because i didn't care. maybe if the main character actually had a human personality, i may have cared. but he didn't, so i don't. The only reason why this movie isn't a 1 is because the effects WERE pretty cool. other than though, it's boring and not worth your time. go rent ghoulies or something better.Frankenfish gets 2 obvious CGI trout, out of 10